The Official Toronto Discussion Thread

[Kumasi]

C'mon. We have road blocks but the problem is we shoot ourselves in the foot often and that hurts us from overcoming those road blocks. IE: 2 parent households. We don't seem to understand how important this is. Also, what other races have on us is pushing for education. Too many of us want to be rappers, ball players, producers, etc. Yea, even in frigging Canada young men got those dreams. Need structure. If you don't have that, you are hurting yourself and your offspring. "Baby Mama" should be an insult, not a badge of honer.

I agree with everything you said except the roadblocks. Sorry I dont see it, i see oppurtunities everywhere and our people just fukking up

 

[Guess Who]

Thanks for letting me know breh. They want this situation to go away quietly but that shouldn't be allowed.

I will happily support any action taken and not just in words.

 

[Guess Who]

Damn is this how it went down? I been out the country.

 

[MikelArteta]

I agree with everything you said except the roadblocks. Sorry I dont see it, i see oppurtunities everywhere and our people just fukking up

Systemic racism still exists breh.

The black community isn't number 1 large and as @The Odum of Ala Igbo mentioned it's so diverse. Most of the different heritages stick together, even at churches.

The average Somalian and Jamaican minus skin colour don't share anything, food, culture, religion, rarely even date or marry but we're all grouped as black

 

[JLova]

I agree with everything you said except the roadblocks. Sorry I dont see it, i see oppurtunities everywhere and our people just fukking up

I don't think so. Look at any company's upper management and board of directors. Tell me how many black faces you see? Many black people go to school here, are well educated but are not promoted to upper management positions. I have spoken to many well educated black people old and young who have good jobs but have not made that next step. It isn't about fukking up. Those opportunities simply aren't available for people of color.

On top of that, we send black kids to schools that are tought by teachers who are white. Black kids are not even taught by people who look like them. That is a big issue. We have corrupt police force who I have dealt with first hand that target young black men. All of this plays a role and ingoring that is ignorant.

So to say I Latrel has the same opportunities as Chadwick is nonsense.

There's such a thing as being marginalized but also not taking advantage of the little opportunities you may have. You seem to blame black people and black people only for....everything. Is it also our fault that we make less money than our caucasian brethren? That's all due to not jumping on opportunities?

 

[MikelArteta]

C'mon. We have road blocks but the problem is we shoot ourselves in the foot often and that hurts us from overcoming those road blocks. IE: 2 parent households. We don't seem to understand how important this is. Also, what other races have on us is pushing for education. Too many of us want to be rappers, ball players, producers, etc. Yea, even in frigging Canada young men got those dreams. Need structure. If you don't have that, you are hurting yourself and your offspring. "Baby Mama" should be an insult, not a badge of honer.

It doesn't help when you can have 4 kids out of wedlock and the govenrment is handing you like 2,000 tax free every month

 

[MikelArteta]

I don't think so. Look at any company's upper management and board of directors. Tell me how many black faces you see? Many black people go to school here, are well educated but are not promoted to upper management positions. I have spoken to many well educated black people old and young who have good jobs but have not made that next step. It isn't about fukking up. Those opportunities simply aren't available for people of color.

On top of that, we send black kids to schools that are tought by teachers who are white. Black kids are not even taught by people who look like them. That is a big issue. We have corrupt police force who I have dealt with first hand that target young black men. All of this plays a role and ingoring that is ignorant.

So to say I Latrel has the same opportunities as Chadwick is nonsense.

There's such a thing as being marginalized but also not taking advantage of the little opportunities you may have. You seem to blame black people and black people only for....everything. Is it also our fault that we make less money than our caucasian brethren? That's all due to not jumping on opportunities?

Exactly
Can anyone here name even one black CEO of a major company in Canada?

 

[JLova]

It doesn't help when you can have 4 kids out of wedlock and the govenrment is handing you like 2,000 tax free every month

Yea, getting more money with each baby they have. These people will likely never get off welfare. Just useless.

 

[MikelArteta]

Blacks are at the bottom in Canada

Whites
Asians
Latinos
Arabs
Homosexuals
Refugees
Indigenous
Animals



Blacks

Take a look at the federal and provincial stats
Go to any metro housing or low income area in any big city and we are there en masse

 

[MikelArteta]

Canada has never apologized for slavery
I repeat Canada has never apologized for slavery

But has apologized for the Chinese head tax and made restitution

Had apologized to indigenous for residential schools and made restitution

But nope not for slavery

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

It doesn't help when you can have 4 kids out of wedlock and the govenrment is handing you like 2,000 tax free every month

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Blacks are at the bottom in Canada

Whites
Asians
Latinos
Arabs
Homosexuals
Refugees
Indigenous
Animals



Blacks

Take a look at the federal and provincial stats
Go to any metro housing or low income area in any big city and we are there en masse

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

C'mon. We have road blocks but the problem is we shoot ourselves in the foot often and that hurts us from overcoming those road blocks. IE: 2 parent households. We don't seem to understand how important this is. Also, what other races have on us is pushing for education. Too many of us want to be rappers, ball players, producers, etc. Yea, even in frigging Canada young men got those dreams. Need structure. If you don't have that, you are hurting yourself and your offspring. "Baby Mama" should be an insult, not a badge of honer.

One of my best friends growing up. His father was an academic and diplomat in the former Soviet Union. Mother was disabled, but still very learned - dropped out of St. George Campus, University of Toronto to become a producer and a 'creative'.


If I had his money.

If I had access to his father's connects

 

[MikelArteta]

Forgot the homeless as well

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Canada is severely underpopulated.

Ontario for example is bigger land wise than Nigeria
Texas has 28 million people
california has 40 million

True but then again how much of it is habitable to the average breh. You don't have to go far out the city in the winter to realize you don't want those problems.

If the northern parts of the provinces became more habitable in the winter months via development they would boom in population growth. There was a town a while ago selling off land for pennies on the dollar to gain new blood. I was tempted to just hold a piece of land for 5k since I've been thinking about investing in cheap pre-fab home/cottage. I'm in a minority as a brother but I actually enjoy ruffing it outdoors when the weather permits. Wouldn't mind a getaway spot for the price of a mid-class sedan.